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Newfoundland and Labrador
Regulation 2010

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 84/10

NEWFOUNDLAND AND
LABRADOR
REGULATION 84/10

Furbearing
Animals Trapping and Shooting Order, 2010-2011
under the Wild Life Regulations
and the Wild Life Act

(Filed September 1, 2010)

Under the
authority of sections 16, 25, 27 and 114 of the Wild Life Regulations and the
Wild Life Act, I make the following Order.

Dated at St. John’s, August 26, 2010.

Charlene
Johnson
Minister of Environment and Conservation

ORDER

Analysis

1.
Short title

2.
Open season trapping ands shooting

3.
Prohibitions

4.
Neck snares

5.
Foot hold restraining traps

6.
Killing traps

7.
Live holding devices

8.
Rate of beaver harvest

9.
Lynx

10.
Wolves

11.
Prohibition

12.
Sunday hunting

13.
Repeal

Schedule
A

Schedule
B

Schedule
C

Schedule
D

Schedule
E

Short title

1.This Order may be cited as the Furbearing Animals Trapping and Shooting
Order, 2010-2011.

Open season trapping
ands shooting

2.(1) The
open season for trapping on the Island
of Newfoundland, except
as provided for in specific management areas described in Schedule A, shall be

Beaver

Oct. 20, 2010
- Mar. 15, 2011

Ermine,
weasel

Oct. 20, 2010
- Feb. 28, 2011

Mink

Nov. 1, 2010
- Feb. 28, 2011

Muskrat

Oct. 20, 2010-
March 15, 2011

Otter

Oct. 20, 2010
- March 15, 2011

Squirrel

Oct. 20, 2010
- February 28, 2011

(2)The open season for trapping and shooting on
the Island of Newfoundland, except as provided for in specific management areas
described in Schedule A, shall be

Coyote

Oct. 20, 2010
- Feb. 1, 2011

Fox, coloured

Oct. 20, 2010
- Feb. 1, 2011

Fox, white

Oct. 20, 2010
- Feb.1, 2011

Lynx

No open
season

(3)The open seasons for trapping and shooting
within Labrador fur management zones as
described in Schedule B shall be

(a)Northern Labrador Zone:

Beaver

Oct. 15, 2010
- May 31, 2011

Coyote

Oct. 15, 2010
- March 31, 2011

Ermine,
weasel

Oct. 15, 2010
- March 31, 2011

Fox, coloured

Oct. 15, 2010
- March 31, 2011

Fox, white

Oct. 15, 2010
- May 31, 2011

Lynx

Oct. 15, 2010-March 31, 2011

Marten

Oct. 15, 2010
- March 31, 2011

Mink

Nov.1, 2010-
March 31, 2011

Muskrat

Oct. 5, 2010
- May 31, 2011

Otter

Oct. 15, 2010
- March 31, 2011

Squirrel

Oct. 15, 2010
- March 31, 2011

Wolf

Oct. 15, 2010
- April 30, 2011

Wolverine

No open
season.

Fisher

No open
season.

(b)Southern
Labrador Zone:

Beaver

Oct. 15, 2010
- May 31, 2011

Coyote

Nov. 1, 2010
- March 20, 2011

Ermine,
weasel

Nov. 1, 2010
- March 20, 2011

Fox, coloured

Nov.1, 2010 -
March 20, 2011

Fox, white

Nov. 1, 2010
- March 20, 2011

Lynx

Nov. 1, 2010-March 20, 2011

Marten

Nov. 1, 2010
- March 20, 2011

Mink

Nov.1, 2010-
March 20, 2011

Muskrat

Oct. 15, 2010
- May 31, 2011

Otter

Oct. 15, 2010
- March 20, 2011

Squirrel

Nov. 1, 2010
- March 20, 2011

Wolf

Nov. 1, 2010
- April 30, 2011

Wolverine

No open
season.

Fisher

No open
season.

Prohibitions

3.(1) Notwithstanding
section 2,

(a)the
trapping and shooting of lynx is prohibited in Zone A and Zone B, as described
in Schedule A; and

(b)the
trapping and shooting of all furbearing animals is prohibited in the following
areas:

(i)BrunetteIsland, FortuneBay, and

(ii)Great Southern Harbour.

(2)A person shall not use a killing trap for
beaver, muskrat or marten unless the trap is a killing trap described in
Schedule C for that wildlife species and the trap is used in accordance with
the conditions prescribed in Schedule C.

(3)A person shall not use a trap in the following
areas described in Schedule A:

unless the trap is a trap described in
Schedule D for each furbearing species and the trap is used in accordance with
the requirements of Schedule D.

(4)A person shall not use a trap in the following
areas described in Schedule A:

(a)the North
WestGrandLake Area;

(b)the Charlottetown
Enclave Area;

(c)the Terra Nova Area; and

(d)the Red Indian LakeArea

unless the trap is a trap described in
Schedule E for each furbearing species and the trap is used in accordance with
the requirements of Schedule E.

Neck snares

4.(1) Killing
neck snares which are set on land for the purpose of taking furbearing animals
shall be equipped with a noose locking device which shall be set in a manner so
that the noose, once closed, is prevented from expanding.

(2)Subsection (1) shall not apply to the taking
of squirrel.

Foot hold restraining
traps

5.(1) Foot
hold restraining traps set for beaver, muskrat, otter and mink shall be set in
a manner which allows the animal to submerge and prevent it from resurfacing.

(2)Coyote and wolf may be taken with a foot
holding restraining trap providing the device has a minimum space of 5
millimetres between the jaws when closed, or the device has pads of a
rubber-like substance fastened to the trap jaws or the device is equipped with
trap jaws of 9 millimetres or greater in thickness.

(3)A person shall not use a foot hold restraining
trap for lynx unless it is a foot hold restraining trap as described in
Schedule C for lynx and the trap is used in accordance with the conditions
prescribed in Schedule C.

Killing traps

6.(1) Furbearing
animals shall be taken only by means of a killing trap set in a manner as to
kill the animal quickly.

(2)Subsection (1) shall not apply to the taking
of fox, coyote, wolf or lynx.

(3)A person shall not trap, take or kill any
furbearing animal by means of a trap or other device equipped with metal teeth,
metal serrated edges, hooks or sharp devices.

(4)A person shall not use spring poles or foot
hold traps in trees or poles, unless the trap is set as a killing trap.

Live holding
devices

7.Live
holding devices set on land for the taking of furbearing animals shall be checked
daily.

Rate of beaver
harvest

8.(1) On
the Island of Newfoundland,
the holder of a beaver trapline licence shall harvest beaver at a rate of one
beaver per active lodge on the trapline area identified in the licence.

(2)In Labrador,
there is no limit on the number of beaver which may be taken by the holder of a
trappers beaver licence.

Lynx

9.(1) Lynx
taken during the open season for lynx shall be registered for tagging before
the close of business hours on Friday, January 8, 2011.

(2)Lynx carcasses shall be surrendered to the
Wild Life Division at the time of registration for tagging prescribed under
subsection (1).

(3)A person shall not have in his or her
possession any lynx pelt or any lynx parts, unless that person holds a valid
trappers licence and the pelt or pelt parts are registered as required in subsections
(1) and (2).

(4)A licensed trapper who takes lynx accidentally
during the trapping seasons for other species, other than those trapping
periods prescribed for lynx, shall within 7 days of the taking the lynx,
surrender it to the Wild Life Division.

(5)This section shall not apply to the taking of
lynx in Labrador.

Wolves

10.A
person who takes a wolf shall surrender the lower jawbone or complete skull of
each wolf taken to the Wild Life Division by May 14, 2011.

Prohibition

11.A
person shall not transport or possess any firearm under the authority of a
valid hunting license without being in possession of an outdoor identification
card, or non-resident equivalent, issued to the person.

Sunday hunting

12.Hunting
with a firearm on Sundays shall be permitted across the entire province,
beginning October 3, 2010 and ending April 30, 2011, for the species and during
the seasons described in this order.

That part of
the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning
at the intersection of the Trans
Canada Highway, Route 1, and the Camp 33 Road;

Then following
the Camp 33 Road to the southwestern extremity of GrandLake;

Then following
the shoreline of Grand Lake to the mouth of Red Indian Brook a distance of
approximately 15 kilometres to a small lake on its headwaters;

Then following
a straight line in a generally southeasterly direction to the southeastern
extremity of the Lake of the Hills;

Then following
the western bank of the brook flowing out of Lake
of the Hills to Otter Pond;

Then following
the western shore of Otter Pond and the western bank of the brook flowing
out of Otter Pond into LloydsRiver;

Then following
the northern bank of Lloyds River and the northern shore of Lloyds Lake and the
northern bank of Lloyds River, west of Lloyds Lake, to the mouth of the brook
flowing out of Cormacks Lake;

Then following
the eastern or northern bank of this brook to CormacksLake;

Then following
a straight line in a generally northerly direction approximately 8 kilometres
to a point on the headwaters of Little Barachois Brook;

Then following
the northern bank of Little Barachois Brook to its intersection with the
eastern boundary of the BarachoisPondProvincialPark;

Then following
the eastern and northern boundaries of the park to the Trans Canada Highway;

Then following
the Trans Canada Highway
to the point of commencement.

Excluding the Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological
Reserve established by the Little Grand
Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve Regulations, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation
84/02, as described in the Little Grand
Provisional Ecological Reserve Order, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation
83/02, made under the authority of the Wilderness
and Ecological Reserves Act.

(b)Main River/Upper Humber
Area

All that area
of the Island of Newfoundland, commencing at a tributary on Main River UTM
481,975 metres east 5,522,600 metres north;

Then following
this tributary in a generally northerly direction to UTM 483,840 metres east
5,528,225 metres north;

Then following
a straight line in a southeasterly direction to UTM 488,460 metres east
5,525,000 metres north;

Then following
a straight line in an easterly direction to the eastern extremity of a small
pond at UTM 498,485 metres east 5,525,000 metres north;

Then following
the eastern shoreline of the pond to its outlet;

Then following
a chain of brooks in a southerly direction to UTM 498,771 metres east 5,522,615
metres north;

Then following
a straight line in a generally southeasterly direction to UTM 502,332 metres
east 5,518,590 metres north;

Then following
a straight line in a generally southwesterly direction to UTM 499,538 metres
east 5,516,260 metres north;

Then following
a straight line in a southerly direction to the outlet of a small pond at UTM
499,615 metres east 5,513,620 metres north;

Then following
a stream that flows in a southerly direction to MainRiver;

Then following
MainRiver in a westerly direction to a small
tributary at UTM 495,570 metres east 5,510,540 metres north;

Then following
that tributary and a chain of ponds in a generally westerly direction to where
a small stream is intersected by the Upper Humber Forest Access Road at UTM
480,650 metres east 5,509,735 metres north;

Then following
a straight line in a westerly direction to the east shore of a small pond at
UTM 469,023 metres east 5,510,070 metres north;

Then following
the north side of that pond and a connected tributary in a northwesterly
direction to its intersection with the eastern boundary of Gros Morne National
Park at UTM 466,335 metres east 5,510,602 metres north;

Then following
the boundary of the park in a northerly direction to where it intersections a
lake at UTM 461,750 metres east 5,529,000 metres north;

Then following
the south shoreline of that lake in an easterly direction to its most eastern
extremity;

Then following
a straight line in an easterly direction to UTM 466,087 metres east 5,528,540
metres north;

Then following
the southern shore of ParsonsPondRiver
in an easterly direction to the point of commencement.

(c)NorthwestGrandLake Area

All that area
of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the intersection
of the Trans Canada Highway, Route 1, and Camp 33 Road;

Then following
Camp 33 Road to the southwest extremity of GrandLake;

Then following
the north shoreline of GradLake in a northeasterly direction to the HumberCanal;

Then following
the south bank of the HumberCanal to its intersection with the TCH at DeerLake;

Then following
the TCH in a southwesterly direction to the point of commencement.

(d)Terra Nova Area

All that
area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the
intersection of North West River and the Terra Nova National Park, TNNP,
boundary at UTM coordinates 706,250 metres east and 5,365,250 metres north;

Then
following the north bank of the said river in a westerly direction to UTM
coordinates 664,125 metres east and 5,346,625 metres north;

Then
following a straight line in a northwesterly direction to UTM coordinates
663,750 metres east and 5,353,125 metres north;

Then
following a straight line in a westerly direction to the northeastern extremity
of KepenkeckLake;

Then
following a straight line in a northwesterly direction to the eastern extremity
of Newton’s Lake;

Then
following a straight line in a northerly direction to the eastern extremity of
South West Pond;

Then
following a straight line in a northeasterly direction to the western extremity
of Dead Wolf Pond;

Then
following the southern shoreline of Dead Wolf Pond to the mouth of a small
stream entering the pond at its eastern extremity;

Then
following this stream to its headwaters pond;

Then
following a straight line for approximately 500 metres due east to an unnamed
pond;

Then
following a stream exiting this pond at its southeastern extremity;

Then
following this stream in a southeasterly direction to its outflow in Riverhead
Brook;

Then
following this brook in an easterly direction to its mouth in Gambo Pond;

Then
following the north shore
of Gambo Pond to Gambo
Brook;

Then
following the west bank of Gambo Brook to its intersection with the Trans Canada
Highway, TCH, Route l;

Then
following the TCH in an easterly direction to its intersection with the TNNP
boundary;

Then
following the western boundary of TNNP in a southerly direction to the point of
commencement.

(e)Charlottetown Enclave Area

All that
area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the
intersection of the Terra Nova National Park, TNNP, boundary and the north
shoreline of Clode Sound, Bonavista Bay at UTM coordinates 720,554 metres east
and 5,367,279 metres north;

Then
following the TNNP boundary in a northerly direction to UTM coordinates 720,507
metres east and 5,370,209 metres north;

Then
following the TNNP boundary in a northeasterly direction to UTM coordinates
721,554 metres east and 5,371,792 metres north;

Then
following the TNNP boundary in a southeasterly direction to its intersection
with the north shoreline of Clode Sound, BonavistaBay
at UTM coordinates 722,550 metres east and 5,369,850 metres north;

Then
following the shoreline of Clode Sound, BonavistaBay
in a southwesterly direction to the point of commencement.

(f)RedIndianLake Area

All that area of the Island of Newfoundland
bounded by a line beginning at the mouth of Victoria River and Red Indian Lake;

Then following the north bank of VictoriaRiver
in a southwesterly direction to VictoriaLake;

Then following a mid-way line between the
north and south shorelines of VictoriaLake to the mouth of a small river entering
VictoriaLake at its southwestern extremity;

Then following the north bank of the VictoriaRiver to a point opposite the mouth of a
brook flowing from Peter Strides Pond;

Then following a straight line in a
northerly direction to the intersection of the Pine Marten Study Area and LloydsRiver
at the mouth of the brook flowing from CormackLake;

Then following the Pine Marten Study Area
boundary along LloydsRiver in a northeasterly
direction to the mouth of Otter Pond Brook;

Then following the western bank of Otter
Pond Brook, the western shore of Otter Pond and the west bank of Otter Pond
Brook to Lake of the Hills;

Then following a straight line in a
northwesterly direction to UTM co-ordinates 471,250 metres east and 5,379,000 metres
north;

Then following a straight line in a
northeasterly direction to its intersection with Clench Brook at UTM
co-ordinates 500,875 metres east and 5,401,000 metres north;

Then following the south bank of Clench
Brook to its mouth on Red Indian Lake;

Then following a straight line in an
easterly direction to the point of commencement.

(g)Lynx
Zone A: Northern Region

All that area of the Island of Newfoundland
bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the Burgeo Highway with the
southern bank of the Lloyd’s River and;

Then following the Burgeo Highway in a southerly direction
to the northern extent of the intersection causeway to GrandyIsland and the coastline of insular Newfoundland;

Then following the coastline in a generally
westerly direction to Cape Ray;

Then northerly along the western shoreline
of the GreatNorthernPeninsula to CapeOnion;

Then southerly following the eastern
shoreline of the GreatNorthernPeninsula
to the confluence of HamptonRiver with WhiteBay;

Then following the north-east coast of
insular Newfoundland and Labrador in a generally
easterly direction to the mouth of the TerraNovaRiver at its outflow located at
Glovertown South;

Then following the southern bank of the TerraNovaRiver to its confluence with TerraNovaLake;

Then following the southern shoreline of TerraNovaLake in a generally
south-westerly direction to its southern extremity;

Then following the southern shoreline of the
TerraNovaRiver in a generally south-westerly
direction to MollyguajeckLake;

Then following the southern shoreline of MollyguajeckLake to its southern extremity where a
small stream enters the lake;

Then following a straight line in a westerly
direction to the point of commencement.

(h)Lynx
Zone B: Southern Region

All that area of the Island of Newfoundland
bounded by a line beginning at a point known as Main Gut at the mouth of the
St. George’s River in St. Georges Bay;

Then following the southern shoreline of St. George’sRiver in a easterly direction to the Trans Canada Highway;

Then following the Trans Canada Highway in a southerly direction
to the Burgeo Highway;

Then following the Burgeo Highway in a easterly direction to
the its intersection with the south bank of the LlyodsRiver;

Then following a straight line in an
easterly direction to the southern extremity of MollyguajeckLake
where a small stream enters the lake;

Then following the southern shoreline of MollyguajeckLake
to TerraNovaRiver;

Then following the southern bank of the TerraNovaRiver to TerraNovaLake;

Then following the southern shoreline of TerraNovaLake to TerraNovaRiver;

Then following the southern bank of the TerraNovaRiver to its mouth
(outflow) at Glovertown South;

Then following the coastline of insular Newfoundland including
all offshore islands and excluding all areas within National Park jurisdiction
in a southerly direction to the point of commencement.

(i)Little
Grand LakeWild Life Reserve

The Little Grand Lake Wild Life Reserve
established by the Little Grand Lake Wild
Life Reserve Regulations, Newfoundland
and Labrador Regulation 85/02.

(j)GloverIsland

The Glover Island
Public Reserve established by the Glover
Island Public Reserve Regulations, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation
87/02, as described in the Glover Island
Public Reserve Order, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 86/02, made
under the authority of the Lands Act.

Schedule B

(a)Labrador
North Fur Zone

All that area of Labrador,
including offshore islands, lying north of a line commencing at a point on the
coast at 54° north latitude;

Then following a line due west to its intersection
with 62° west longitude;

Then following a line due north to its
intersection with 55° north
latitude;

Trapping and setting requirements by
species approved for use in the Main River/Upper Humber Study Area, Pine Marten
Study Area (Excluding the Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve),
the Little Grand Lake Wild Life Reserve and the Glover Island Public Reserve.

Victor rat
trap, whether baited or not, shall be completely enclosed inside a wooden box
with a 1.5" hole at one end.

Fox , Coyote
or Lynx Restraining Neck Snare

- Wire shall
be 3/32 " or greater
- 360° swivel required at the attachment
point
-The stop on the snare loop shall be fastened so that the loop will close to
a minimum 8" circumference.
-The snare shall be fastened to an immovable object with no drags.
-The snare may be set with or without the use of bait.

Mink Conibear

The floating
mink box-trap shall be set in the entrance of a floating wooden box, whether
or not the trap is baited, and the entrance to the box shall be completely
submerged.

-The trap
shall be a foot hold type with a slide lock attached.
- The trap shall be placed at least 5' from the shoreline or on a
semi-submerged log with no land-based access.
-The snare may be set with or without the use of bait.
-The water shall be sufficiently deep so as to ensure drowning.

Squirrel Pole

Snares shall use 16 pound test snare wire
attached to a horizontal or leaning pole, snares 3/4"-1" up off the
pole and having 1.5"-1.75"diameter loop. No bait shall be used.

Schedule E

Traps and setting requirements by
species approved for use in the North West Grand Lake Area, the Charlottetown
Enclave Area, the Terra Nova Area and the Red Indian Lake Area.

All those trap and setting requirements as
described in Schedule D, and in addition, those outlined below: